Searching the MLA International Bibliography by Field

This table shows the two-letter codes available for specifying information fields in search requests. The fields can also be selected from menus. When a word or phrase appears in this table instead of a two-letter code, the field can only be selected from a menu. ProQuest does not offer two-letter codes.

Vendors of the Bibliography

Field

Definition

Example

CSA

EBSCO

ThomsonGale

OCLC

ProQuest

Accession number

A unique number that identifies a specific document

2003872749

AN

AN

RN

NO

Author
of document

The name of the person who wrote the document

Stanton, Domna

AU

AU

AU

AU

Article
author

Date of
publication

Year and month when an article was published

2004 Winter (Check vendor for format.)

PD

DA

PD

Degree-granting
institution

For dissertations published in 1991+, the place of study for the doctoral degree

Emory

DS

IN

Degree year

For dissertations published in 1991+, the year the degree was granted

2003

DS

DY

Dissertation abstract number

For dissertations published in 1991+, the unique number that identifies a specific doctoral dissertation

DA3111457

DS

DOI

Digital
object identifier

10.1632003081205X36804

DO

Editor

The name of the editor of a book

Smith, Jeremy

ED

ED

Electronic comment

Where the document can be found on the Internet

Field

Definition

Example

CSA

EBSCO

ThomsonGale

OCLC

ProQuest

Folklore topic

Subject in folklore studies addressed in the document

ethnomusicology

FK

Folklore topic

Genre

Literary genre addressed in the document

science fiction

Genre

GC

GE

GE

Genre

ISBN

International Standard Book Number

0-87352-913-8 (Some vendors require you to eliminate hyphens.)

IB

IB

IB

SN

ISBN

ISSN

International Standard Serial Number

0030-8129(Some vendors require you to eliminate hyphens.)

IS

IS

IS

PVSN

ISSN

Journal
issue

Number of the issue

3

JI

IP

Publication details

Journal name

Name of the publication

PMLA

SO

SO

JN

SO

Journal

Journal paging

First page of an article

234

JP

PGSP

Publication details

Journal volume

Number of the volume

71

JV

VI

SO

Journal volume; Publication details

Keyword

Word found anywhere in the record

realism

KW

KE

KW

Keyword

Field

Definition

Example

CSA

EBSCO

ThomsonGale

OCLC

ProQuest

Language as subject

Language the document is about

French language

SL

Subject language

Language of document

Language the document was written in

English

language

LN

Language of publication

Linguistics topic

Subject in linguistics addressed in the document

phonetics

LN

Linguistics topic

Literary influence

Person or thing that has been influenced by the subject defined in the classification

feminist poets

Literary influence

Literary source

Person or thing that has influenced the subject defined in the classification

Bible

Literary source

Literary theme

Theme addressed in the document

cowboy

GT

TH

Literary theme

Literary work

Work of literature discussed in the document

Lord of the Rings

NW

Author's work

Literature topic

Subject in literary studies addressed in the document

Arthurian legend

Literature topic

Location

Geographic subject of the document

Australia

GC

Place

Field

Definition

Example

CSA

EBSCO

ThomsonGale

OCLC

ProQuest

Medium (performance medium) as subject

Film, theater, opera, television, or radio as subject of the document

film

MD

Performance medium

Named person

Person who is the subject of the document

Morrison, Toni

SA

NA

NA

Author as subject

National literature

Broadest literary classification

Turkish literature

National literature

Notes

Miscellaneous information about the document

NT

NT

Notes

Peer-reviewed

Selection indicating whether each article in a journal is reviewed by experts